猿猴
yuán hóu
Pinyin
Definition
猿猴
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- apes and monkeys
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
心猿意马
- 1 lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.)
- 2 to have ants in one's pants
- 3 hyperactive
- 4 adventurous and uncontrollable
杀鸡儆猴
- 1 lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom)
- 2 fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
- 3 pour encourager les autres
杀鸡吓猴
- 1 lit. killing the chicken to scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
- 2 pour encourager les autres
杀鸡警猴
- 1 lit. killing the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others
- 2 pour encourager les autres
沐猴而冠
- 1 lit. a monkey wearing a hat (idiom)
- 2 fig. worthless person in imposing attire